Posted 10/20/08 at 04:30:28 PM by Paul Lilly
Whether looking forward to groping HP's new touchscreen laptop or getting touch-feely with a rumored touchscreen Eee PC, multi-touch panels look to be the new hot technology on the block. In anticipation of this upcoming demand, Taiwan-based Egalax_empia Technology Incorporated (EETI) has begun developing multi-touch panels for both netbooks and notebooks. The company expects to kick production into high gear by the end of 2008 for 7-inch panels, says DigiTimes.
EETI had started working with US-based Cypress Semiconductor back in April to develop capacitive touch panels, and that forward thinking might soon pay off. In addition to riding the netbook craze, the company plans to churn out 12.1-inch panels for notebook applications as well.
We hear the makers of monitor wipes are ecstatic at what could become a new trend.
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Links:
[1] http://www.maximumpc.com/user/one4yu2c
[2] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/hp_invite_groping_with_touchscreen_laptop_by_end_year
[3] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/asustek_mulling_touch_panel_eee_pc
[4] http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20081020PD203.html
[5] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/rumor_asustek_planning_touch_panel_notebooks_leverage_windows_7
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